When Lira, a brilliant and cynical underground codebreaker, attempts to flee the Ostirion Empire with stolen intelligence that would cost her life if discovered, she is instead conscripted into the intelligence unit of the Empire’s brutal military Academy—placed at the center of a web carefully woven around her.

To survive, she must obey a commander she cannot trust, resist an attraction she cannot deny, and protect a secret that could destroy them both.

As the Empire’s sinister designs begin to surface and rebellion stirs in the shadows, Lira must choose between escaping with her life—or stepping into a war she knows will cost her everything.